F45 Hardtop

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Posted by goldbdan (goldbdan@…>)

Has anyone added a hard dodger to an F45? Something along the lines of the
Hallberg-Rassy
hard dodger. We have a F45 (Hull No. 2), and we have a large bimini covering
the entire
cockpit with a full enclosure. I don’t particularly like the aesthetic, but it
is so darn practical
that once you have it you can’t give it up (or at least we can’t).

So, has anyone added the hardtop? We would make the bimini smaller, like a more
traditional bimini, and then connect it via an insert piece, etc., with side
panels.

Thanks,

DG
Miracle

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Posted by michel.capel (michel.capel@…>)

I don’t have the whole hardtop, but I used a drawing of a Halberg
Rassy 54 as a template to design a fixed windscreen for my F44. I
could send you the MS Visio drawing with sizes for the panes.
Perhaps you can adjust it for the F45?

Best regards,

Michel Capel


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wrote:

Has anyone added a hard dodger to an F45? Something along the
lines of the Hallberg-Rassy
hard dodger. We have a F45 (Hull No. 2), and we have a large
bimini covering the entire
cockpit with a full enclosure. I don’t particularly like the
aesthetic, but it is so darn practical
that once you have it you can’t give it up (or at least we can’t).

So, has anyone added the hardtop? We would make the bimini
smaller, like a more
traditional bimini, and then connect it via an insert piece, etc.,
with side panels.

Thanks,

DG
Miracle